From: Albert-Lunde@northwestern.edu (Albert Lunde) (by way of "Ralph R. Swick" <swick@w3.org>)
Note that the HTTP/1.1 spec defines and uses "variant", e.g.:
variant: A resource may have one, or more than one,
representation(s) associated with it at any given instant. Each of
these representations is termed a `varriant'. Use of the term
`variant' does not necessarily imply that the resource is subject
to content negotiation.
Since WEBDAV is layered on HTTP, you might want distingush the two
explicitly.
One of the reasons I decided to try the term "variant" here was that
it was consistent with the standard HTTP definition. Was there a
particular inconsistency that you felt was worth pointing out?
Cheers,
Geoff